{"id":3723,"date":"2008-04-29T18:29:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T17:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newth.net\/eirik\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2008-04-29T18:29:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T17:29:54","slug":"howto-install-trackmania-nations-forever-on-ubuntu-804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newth.net\/eirik\/2008\/04\/29\/howto-install-trackmania-nations-forever-on-ubuntu-804\/","title":{"rendered":"Howto: Install TrackMania Nations Forever on Ubuntu 8.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Lasse<\/a> (in Norwegian) I discovered TrackMania Nations<\/a>, a free arcade racing game<\/a> for Windows. Partly as a challenge to him and myself, but mostly because it’s been a while since I took my PC for a spin, I decide to install it on my fresh installation of Ubuntu 8.04, AKA Hardy Heron. Below is the procedure I followed, which worked well except for lack of proper sound effects. Of course, before I did anything, I checked out the Wine AppDB<\/a> to make sure that my work wouldn’t be in vain.<\/p>\n

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  1. If you haven’t done so already, install Wine<\/a>. When it works, it’s a brilliant way to run Windows applications on Linux. Get it via the Applications\/Add\/Remove menu, System\/Administration\/Synaptic Package Manager or open a terminal window and type “sudo apt-get install wine<\/strong>“<\/li>\n
  2. Download the Trackmania Nation install file (its about 500 MB). I couldn’t get the website to work properly with my Linux browsers, but from Lasse I got this handy torrent link<\/a> (which also is a nice example of legal torrent use, BTW).<\/li>\n
  3. Install Trackmania by double clicking on the .exe file, or open a terminal window and type “wine tmnationsforever_setup.exe<\/strong>” . After installation, the files can be found in the directory \/home\/user\/.wine\/drive_c\/Program Files\/TmNationsForever\/<\/em> .<\/li>\n
  4. Trackmania also needs DirectX to run. You’ll find an excellent installation guide here<\/a>. It’s actually easier than it looks at first sight, and well worth the hassle as so many Windows games depend on DirectX. (BTW: the two DLL files you are asked to copy to the Wine directory, can be found in C:\\WINDOWS\\system32<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  5. If TrackMania failed to install a desktop icon, you can open the folder mentioned above and double click TmForeverLauncher.exe<\/strong> . This starts the configuration utility, where you set screen resolution, sound, language etc.<\/li>\n
  6. Double click TmForever.exe<\/strong>, and follow the instructions on the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    With a bit of luck, you’ll log on to the network and see something like this:<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Yes, of course it works full-screen as well. With full resolution. \ud83d\ude42
    \nProblems to resolve:<\/strong>
    \n1. The sound doesn’t work on my install
    \n2. I can’t seem to get softlinks to the application to work – no desktop icon, in other words
    \n3. How to stop playing TracMania – it’s horribly addictive! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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